Battle Royale

i just watched this with my roommate. fucking awesome.

japanese movies are sweet

Skip the sequel.

Yeah, it was so fucking good! I saw it a few months back and it blew me away.
Haha...sorry, bad joke. *clears throat*

Oh really? I saw that the other day and i kinda got all excited like. Not good?

I still need to see it and have had trouble finding a copy.

If you liked it, I have a few more suggestions... Attack the Gas Station, Casshern, Versus, and Ichi the Killer. Suicide Club too.

Great movie!

Casshern I'm dying to see this one. Gives me a special feeling on my woody allen everytime i see the trailer..

The translation I had was a bit wonky at first, but it's definitely a fun read.

Dont forget Gozu or pretty much anything by Takashi Miike

[Edited on Mar 29, 2005 by masik_ian]

where can you get a copy ? its nowhere to be fond on amazon.....and thats all the places i can think of...

fuck ya all things japanese are sweet. if you like really odd movies check out iron man. its a little older, they have it my 20/20 i havnt seen it anywhere else.

i watched battle royale last week, it made me smile thinking well that's one japanese movie they won't americanize.

Yep, the book is is incredible. You can get it through any major bookstore chain, I'd imagine. Found my copy at Borders.

And yeah, I doubt it'll ever be americanized, but Stephen King's "The Long Walk" deals with a similar theme.

great fuckin film..love the instructional videotape at the start ...the girl was so cute about the rules

I bought the 3 disc DVD set of Casshern after seeing the trailer and all the hype. It is easily one of my favest movies in the whole wide world. Every frame is just damn gorgeous. F'reals
Ichi and Suicide Club are wicked-awesome as well. If you like these, I also recommend Dead or Alive, and Shark-Skin Man & Peach-Hip Girl

[Edited on Mar 30, 2005 by Velvetone_Fusion]

i thought casshern was very overrated, yes the movie looks absolutely gorgeous but i found the story to be extremely petty, i was expecting a much grander story with more focus on the big war instead of using it as a background for some mutant brats.

one of the most incredible films ever.

if you like battle royale, check out a british film from 1968 called If.... starring malcolm mcdowell.

that chiaki chick is so hot



[Edited on Mar 29, 2005 by mcwilly]

"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"... no, really! Great film!

checkout other works from the director Kinji Fukasaku
my favorite is an oldy called the 'yakuza papers'...violent as hell too...most of his stuff is.
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